Industry Findings: The Benelux region continues to show strong cloud storage adoption driven by high digital maturity, dense regulatory environments, and sustained enterprise data growth. Organizations widely use object and file storage to support analytics, collaboration, and digital asset management, while block storage supports transactional and enterprise application workloads. Hybrid deployment remains the preferred model as enterprises manage cross-border data flows while maintaining compliance with national and regional requirements. A structural development occurred during Mar-2024, when regulatory authorities reinforced accountability for data residency, retention, and audit readiness across critical sectors. That environment pushed enterprises to expand regional storage usage, formalize archival strategies, and strengthen recovery planning. Through 2025, storage consumption has continued to expand steadily as retained data volumes outpace compute growth. Enterprises increasingly favor subscription models that blend committed capacity with controlled flexibility to support predictable operational demand.
Industry Player Insights: The ecosystem includes many companies; a few among them are Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and OVHcloud. During Sep-2024, OVHcloud expanded object storage capabilities serving Benelux customers requiring regional control. In Jun-2025, Microsoft Azure enhanced hybrid file storage consistency across nearby regions, supporting cross-border enterprise collaboration. In parallel, Scaleway continues to support enterprise cloud storage adoption across Benelux through object and block storage services hosted in European cloud regions.